HST 296 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ethnic Nationalism
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Water and supplies to singapore were cut, surrender was to save lives. Japanese surrender: very hostile atmosphere at ceremony, rebuild was actually chill af, old european colonial possessions a. Lost with exception of malaya for british at great cost. Chinese eventually is pro-soviet, albeit tentatively: u. s. hopes for china-ussr breakdowns, korean war, 38th parallel arbritrary u. s. and russia both didn"t want country inified in support of other ideology, sham elections c. Causes u. s. red scare/mccarthyism: u. s. becomes tough on china and pro taiwan, peace treaty w japan is completed around same time k. i. Lots of state control: nationalism and communism in southeast asia a. Icp under ho chi minh gains power c. Initially free state in french union: war breaks in 1950, oct 1954 war is over, france loses e. i. Partition forced by mao and stalin as well as west. Informal vs formal empire: territorial and ethnic nationalism d. Land reform and modernization: political vs economic independence f.
